Mateo Barac

Mateo Barac (Croatian pronunciation: [mateo bara:tɕ]; born 20 July 1994) is a Croatian football defender. He plays for Sochi in the Russian Premier League.

Club Career

Junak Sinj

Born and raised in Sinj, Barac started his youth career at the local Junak Sinj. At the age of 18 he joined the Hajduk Split youth academy, but failed to impress the board.

Sibenik

After unsuccessful trials at FC Wohlen and Hrvatski Dragovoljac, Barac joined Sibenik, which at the time, was coached by Mirko Labrovic, his fellow native from Sinj.

Osijek

On 1 July 2016, Barac joined Osijek for an undisclosed fee. Impressive display in the first half of the Prva Liga earned him a call-up for Croatian A team for 2017 China Cup. On 3 August 2017, Osijek defeated the Dutch giants PSV Eindhoven in the third qualifying round of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League with a 2-0 aggregate win. Many labeled Barac as the key member of the historic victory and Ajax eventually made a 2.5 million euros transfer bid. Osijek and Barac accepted, however the transfer was stopped due to Barac's heart issues revealed on the medical tests.

Rapid Wien

On 12 July 2018, he joined Rapid Wien for a fee of €1,300,000.

Sochi

On 19 June 2021, he moved to Russian club Sochi as a free agent.

This page also has a version in other languages :  Матео Барач (russian)